The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia

All parents should read this to 8 year old kids and older!!! The author, Esther Hauzig, goes through some amazing and unbelieveable experiences, all beginning when she is snatched from her Poland home at 10 years old. Her family learns the true meaning of love in this book. Although this book is really sad, it's a must read for anybody 8 years old and over. This'll deliver a message deeper than probably any book you've ever... Read Full Review

Well read by the narrator. This is a moving account of exile in Siberia during WW II. For all the hardships of life in Siberian exile, realistically captured here, it gave freedom and survival. Should be listening for everyone.We took it along as installments on several trips, made them something to look forward to.For all ages with life.

Esther's wonderfully sincere and illustrative writing will hold even an adult's attention from cover to cover. I have read it over and over again for the last 22 years. As a child in 1979 at age 11, I found myself in my family's frozen garden pretending to be Esther herself, wandering through Siberia in search of frozen potatoes. When I would take a bath, after playing in the snow and getting chilled, I would revel in the... Read Full Review

Here in America, when someone mentions the atrocities of World War II, most people think immediately of the Holocaust and Hitler's plan to rid the world of Jews and establish the German "master race". However, Hitler was not the only one during this time committing atrocities which killed millions of people. The Soviets were guilty of this as well, though this is not as well known to Americans.This is the story of a young... Read Full Review

The Endless Steppe, by Esther Hautzig, is the true story of a young Jewish girl named Esther Rudomin, and her family living in Siberia. The Story takes place during World War II, when the wealthy Rudomin Family are pronounced capitalists. They're removed from their beautiful home and loved ones in Vilna, Poland. They are taken by train, along with peasant families to an endless steppe in Siberia where they are forced... Read Full Review